Republicans want to cut public radio funding purely out of spite.

Stigginit.

Anything to stick it to them libruls, even if it hurts them, they don't care, long as it makes them libruls mad.

Considering that William F. Buckley's Firing Line was on PBS, this is not a wise move.

The last Republican appointed CPB Chair Kenneth Tomlinson claimed NPR stations are guilty of "liberal advocacy journalism" and called for more sympathetic coverage of the right of the political spectrum.

Funding from CPB and the UW amount to around 7.7 of the total budget for KUOW. They'd take a hit without that funding but it wouldn't put them out of business.

Without having to worry about Republican lawmakers hovering over their shoulder they might be able to do some real "liberal advocacy journalism."

If the cost of 7.7% of the budget is neutered journalism, is it worth it?

@3: and they did present more sympathetic coverage, to the point where I stopped donating and listening. what did it gain them? a place on the chopping block.

I this means that I don't have to sit though another mumbly 20 minute audio profile of a Palestinian lesbian-run artisanal kombucha shop then I'm happy.

@5: you never had to sit through that.